- Flapen Score
- 33 / 100Ranks 10,341 of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · −15 vs the category median of 4833
- Market size
- $164K/yr112K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -8.0%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 95%top-5 click share · 3 brands · 107 sellers
Flapen Score
Cue Tips against its category
The dotted line is the Beauty & Personal Care average. Past it, Cue Tips is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Cue Tips market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Cue Tips 112K times last year and spent an estimated $164K. All 3 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Apr. Flapen scores it 33 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
An estimated 20.6% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 112K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 20.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -8.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $164K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 112K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -8.0%
- Conversion, latest week
- 20.6%
- Market size, estimated
- $164Ka year
- Peak month
- April1.5× the quietest month
- Top search term
- cue tips87K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth $7.11.
Listings sell for $7.11 on average, from $2.63 to $9.87. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 2,500 to 3,000 of them. At $7.11 that is $18K to $21K a year per listing.
- Average price
- $7.11under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- $2.63–$9.87
- Amazon United States median price
- $24.38across 115,062 niches
- Units sold a year
- 20K–25K
- Units per listing a year
- 2,500–3,000
- Revenue per listing a year
- $18K–$21K
- Returns
- 0.1%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is ads and reviews.
100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #2 within Cotton Balls & Swabs. It carries 28,594 reviews at 4.57 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 100%
- Prime listings
- 100%
- Out of stock, average day
- 0.0%
- Average rank
- #2in Cotton Balls & Swabs
- Average rating
- 4.57 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
- Average reviews
- 28,594per listing
- Listings tracked
- 7
04 · Newcomers
Brands here are settling in.
The brands on the shelf have sold for 47 months on average, so the names here are settling in.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 0
- Successful launches
- 0Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 47 months
Products
Top Cue Tips products & what they sell for
Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.
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Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 95% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.
Brands
3 flat
Sellers
107
Top-5 brand share
100%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
95%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
0%
- Brand 147%
- Brand 237%
- Brand 316%
Demand
Cue Tips search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Apr · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×
Search terms
Top Cue Tips search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- cue tips87K/yr
- amazon basics cotton swabs11K/yr
- q tips amazon basics5K/yr
- amazon cotton swabs5K/yr
- cuetips2K/yr
- amazon basics cotton swabs 500 count2K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cue Tips
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“Obvious Quality Control Issues”
Every topic
Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.
Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.
19 topics
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